In 1933, Adolf Hitler was chosen chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. This is how the Nazi Party came to power. Originally called the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi for short), the Nazi Party emphasized the failure of the government of laissez-faire capitalism, economic liberalism, and democracy. The National Socialists emphasized the importance of the impeccability of the German race. Although they had very strong ideas, the Nazi Party began as a relatively small group in 1918. But by the 1930s, this was not the case. The widespread reliance on propaganda and radio was instrumental in the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. On March 13, 1933, Adolf Hitler founded the Reich Ministry of Propaganda. The Ministry of Propaganda imposed Nazi ideology on Germany. He controlled culture and society. Dr. Joseph Goebbels was the head of the Propaganda Ministry. He controlled the German press and culture. He was a leading member of the Nazi Party. He was very close to Hitler in the 1930s. When he was younger, he turned to politics due to his disapproval of the political situation in Germany. He also shared the Nazi Party's deep distaste for bourgeois and intellectual life. Under the leadership of Goebbels, the propaganda turning point was ready to begin. In truth, Goebbels' achievements as head of the Propaganda Ministry became the deciding factor in Hitler's success in the early 1930s, particularly in the 1933 elections. Before the Propaganda Ministry was established, radio was just starting to become popular. On October 29, 1923, the first evening broadcast, "Sendestelle Berlin", officially launched a regular radio broadcast to its first audience consisting...... middle of paper ......Works citedBergermier, Horst JP and Lotz, Rainer E. Hitler's Airwaves: The Inside Story of Nazi Broadcasting and the Propaganda Swing. New Haven and London: YaleUniversity Press, 1997. Bergermier, Horst JP and Lotz, Rainer E. Hitler's Airwaves. CD-ROM. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Crew, David F. Hitler and the Nazis: A History in Documents. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Goebbels, Joseph. Goebbels diaries 1942-1943. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. Hitler, Adolf. My Kampf. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.Miller, Donald L. The History of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Wagener, Otto. Hitler: Memoirs of a Confidant. New Haven and London: YaleUniversity Press, 1985. Lord Haw-Haw. “Broadcast of propaganda from Germany. » http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hawhaw/8906.shtml